Holiday snaps

I tell you what is weird - I have a rather nice Peruvian brandy just in. Lovely - made by women using grapes from a women's collective vineyard. It's called Macchu Pisco. Pisco, the city in Peru, has just appeared in our 50 top cities on Spotify - spooky!

The @petshopboys.co.uk at Warwick Castle tonight - brilliant.

To celebrate the return of Harrison & Dunkley I’ve put some flat-wound nylon strings on my acoustic bass. Nice.

When I was young I thought that the bright folks, scientists, engineers designing ever more destructive weapons, were the greatest threat to humanity. Now we have the rise of the dumb - climate denial, anti-vax, populists with their fear of reality. It’s their turn. Oddly I think they might succeed.

Having a day off work, but Buddy’s still hard at it.

Massive music weekend in Brum... Supersonic, Moseley Folk and - of course - Noose Fest... Spoke to some of those involved about the Ozzy effect... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Get out of the plant pot!

Matching pair

Someone asked how the bubbles in champagne are produced and I explained that the little yeasty fellahs eat the sugar and the bubbles are their farts. Apparently an explanation not used by the fizz marketing folks.

Fabulous www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Ozzy. RIP.

Halictina.

Roxy Music fans 👀. A new episode of The Midnight Special has just been added to YouTube featuring three songs by the band filmed live at the University of Chicago in 1975. The show also stars the Ohio Players, Graham Central Station, The Strawbs and Larry Gatlin ▶️📺 youtu.be/MhULHDKEkH8

Buddy says bed time

It’s been a bit of a thing, but we’re here! #royalopera #Semele #Handel #PrettyYende

As we finished our session yesterday I noticed this poor little bee absolutely exhausted in the window. Revived with sugar water!

Went to Edgbaston yesterday. Sat down. Root got out. Got home from work today. Sat down to #TestMatchSpecial. Root got out. Bugger.

A very friendly European Comma butterfly sitting on our snacks. S/he seems to like hanging out with us

BlueSky friends @harrisonanddunkley.bsky.social @therealmichaellee.bsky.social @jcmillermusic.bsky.social @arpraxis.bsky.social @niclimusic.bsky.social @badbubblemusic.bsky.social @distantimages.bsky.social @barleystation.bsky.social @estelladawn.bsky.social here open.spotify.com/playlist/1Hx...

My last Sabbath offering... About as much fun as you can have with a Getty Images login: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What no economist could have predicted… the Ozzy-led recovery: www.bbc.com/news/article...

People on BlueSky don’t really do pre-saves, do they? A pity. Lots of you would enjoy this “weird but beautiful” tune copyrighted @deluxemixing.com show.co/mNl8CME

Harrison & Dunkley were not invited to play the Bezos’ wedding. Just in case you were wondering.

Be the first one on your block To have your boy come home in a box. youtu.be/CXuSQcyuPU8?...

Oh my word - the fabulous @inaturalist.bsky.social app has identified Buddy - a Grand Champion Siamese cat (in retirement, he’s a rescue) as a DOMESTIC DOG!!! He’s lawyering up.

I'd sort of forgotten that we'd done this. So good. Also a reminder when space exploration was more than just the end result of billionaires seeing who can piss higher up the wall... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXjx...

According to the FT Trump’s tariff shenanigans have meant that electric guitar imports to the EU were up almost 500 per cent, with prices down by four-fifths. Now might be the time to go guitar hunting!

We’ve had tracks taken down on TikTok and Facebook - but they pay so little we don’t care. More significantly Spotify cut our plays (radio etc) after a scammer added a track to one of their playlists & our stats went through the roof. No ability to report though www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Great listen on how two Coventry fanzines evolved into bands and cassette labels and built grassroots, global distribution networks in the 80s. pca.st/episode/df45... #CassetteCulture cc @nesky999.bsky.social

How did I not know about this?? Magnificent. Happy birthday Suzi x

We're on the the excellent Unexplained Sounds prog on Resonance Extra [email protected] - this evening at 5pm! Do give it a listen! extra.resonance.fm/episodes/une...

Have I mentioned that we have a new album out? Well, when I say album it's a bit shorter than an album, but a bit longer than an ep. Like an old 10" - like The Fall's Slates. That was a CRACKING (mini) album. As, indeed, is ours. mid8.lnk.to/LiquidLight

1500 streams on Spotify on its first day! Yay! mid8.lnk.to/LiquidLight

We have new music out blah blah blah. Here’s a picture of a flower mid8.lnk.to/LiquidLight

Liquid Light is now available on all good streaming platforms. Give your inner fop post-punk minimalist a treat. Our distributor, who gives us these handy link things, is the excellent Mid8 Music. mid8.lnk.to/LiquidLight

We’re advertising our latest release, Liquid Light, which is due out on Friday, with @cyclicdefrost.bsky.social Australian cities often top our listener charts, so I asked artificial intelligence what are the best publications for our music. A big tick for DeepSeek I think. www.cyclicdefrost.com

Our new opus is now available on that Bandcamp. We hope you enjoy. harrisonanddunkley.bandcamp.com/album/liquid...

We are currently just a few short of our target 2000 subscribers that'll help sustain The Quietus over the coming year. Will you edge us over the line by taking advantage of the huge discounts in our spring sale? thequietus.com/news/the-qui...

Our new opus is now available on that Bandcamp. We hope you enjoy. harrisonanddunkley.bandcamp.com/album/liquid...

Our new mini album is out in a day or two. You can presave it using this link - mid8.lnk.to/liquidlight

You strike me as someone who will know, @birmingham81.bsky.social - what's become of Paul Quinn?

One thing that has not gone up is the amount of money we make from advertising which, if truth be told, continues to decrease as brands put their coin into the pockets of big tech and AI-driven algorithmic advertising... Subscribe today at sale prices, help us survive and thrive buff.ly/jTPS8by

Yesterday I finished my first book since having a stroke about 15 months ago. I tried and tried to read actual paper books but my visual weirdness is just too much. My phone, on the other hand, is small enough to allow me to read ‘normally’. Very happy.

Bees like sage

Last day of 3-for-2 tape / discounted discography deals. If you've always dreamed of having 3 tapes, consider getting on this. Huge thanks to everyone who bought anything, listening to anything, helped spread our one-sided propaganda or withheld accusations of STR corruption during the sale period.

Buddy enjoying the weather

The Quietus Mk II is a year old this week, and to mark this we're running a sale to offer over a third off our top tier subscriptions. My life is 100% less stressful thanks to the new site, but tQ will die without subscribers (as will most of the media 1/4) thequietus.com/news/the-qui...

A new release coming up from the fab @postindiepoets.bsky.social - give them a presave!! show.co/1U90mTj

Our new album, Liquid Light, is out on all streaming platforms Friday 30th May. If anyone wants preview tracks or anything, do message me.